The beauty of math is in its certainty. That is why great musicians are often very good at high math. Once you prove an equation you can look back at it and say" there it is and it makes total sense". There is no "opinion" on an answer. The answer is there in front of you. It's getting there that's fun. Many Asian cultures, aware that math is critical to the sciences, will have their children take music lessons as a pre-curser to learning higher math. It's something about 'harmonic balance" that blends into higher math such as differential equations and real variables.
Here is a quote that might explain the above:
"the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (in acoustics) and exhibits "a remarkable array of number properties". Elements of music such as its form, rhythm and metre, the pitches of its notes and the tempo of its pulse can be related to the measurement of time and frequency, offering ready analogies in geometry."
I will point our, with some pride, my wife studied higher math in her post graduate studies. This was what allowed her to do work on the thruster rockets for the Lunar Module that landed on the moon, while at TRW Systems. No computers-mainly slide rulers. Reason number one why she loved that movie. Reason number two: Kevin Costner.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2020 01:56PM by waterfield.
